Project Manager

Qualifications and Skills
Years Skills/Experience
8 Experience in IT Project Management (Managing scope, schedule and resources) working on both Agile and traditional development projects. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures of project management. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals and independently performs a variety of complicated tasks, using a wide degree of creativity and latitude.
5 Experience using project management tools (Microsoft Project) to create, integrate and manage project schedules from multiple program areas and third party vendors.
5 Experience successfully leading meetings and facilitating discussions. Skill in incorporating stakeholder feedback from meetings and incorporating it into project objectives and goals. Experience providing resolution to blocking issues impeding the progress of the project.
5 Solid understanding of software development life cycle models and expert knowledge of both agile and traditional project management principles and practices, with the ability to blend those together to fit a project and business environment
5 Exceptional skills Microsoft Office products, Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio, with focus on skills in Project, Word, and Visio.
5 Experience working on IT projects with a strict timeline.
3 Experience coordinating user acceptance testing
2 Experience managing change control after system code freezes during prior to project migration.
Strong Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and oral & written communication skills.
Strong Proven ability to work successfully with technical and non-technical groups and manage multiple responsibilities.
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5 State of Texas Government experience
5 Experience working with Texas Project Delivery Framework documentation
5 Design documentation
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Job Type: Contract

Salary: $75.00 /hour

Experience:

• project management: 8 years (Preferred)